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The Pact Study Guide and Quotations
Ch. 1-2
1. What experience happened to George at eleven-years-old that caused him to want to be a dentist?
2. Where do George and his mother move to from South Carolina?
3. Who acts like a father to George? What are some of the activities they share?
4. What home environment helps George resist pressure to participate in negative activities?
5. What was his first job?
6. What school teacher inspired George?
7. Describe Sam as a child? What secret of his mother’s does he eventually discover?
8. Where does Sam’s family move to from South Carolina?
9. What does Sam’s father buy in 1968?
10. Where does Sam’s mother put his hair when she finally cuts it?
11. What happened with his parents when Sam was eleven years old?
12. How does Sam have to help his mother after his father leaves?
13. Why is Sam’s house always full of people?
14. Which sister was Sam closest to?
15. What type of scholarship does Sam’s friend Noody get and what happens?
16. What happened when Sam tried to steal an Icee?
17. Who is Reggie?
18. Who recommends that Sam apply to a magnet program at University High School? Why?
Ch. 3-4
19. Who is Ma? Describe her.
20. Describe Rameck’s parents.
21. Where did Rameck grow up?
22. Who encourages Rameck in school? What program was Rameck in?
23. Where was Rameck’s father?
24. What deal does Rameck try to strike with God?
25. What was Rameck’s first job?
26. Where did Ma work?
27. What happens with the money Ma gives Rameck for pictures for his portfolio?
28. How and when does Rameck meet George and Sam?
29. Why did Newark start a magnet program called “School Within a School”?
30. How did George stay out of trouble?
31. Describe Rameck in high school?
32. Describe Rameck’s prank with silly string.
33. Why do George, Sam, and Rameck become interested in Seton Hall? How is the Pact formed?
Ch. 5-9
34. Describe the incident with the crackhead.
35. How does Rameck get another
Ch. 1-2
1. What experience happened to George at eleven-years-old that caused him to want to be a dentist?
2. Where do George and his mother move to from South Carolina?
3. Who acts like a father to George? What are some of the activities they share?
4. What home environment helps George resist pressure to participate in negative activities?
5. What was his first job?
6. What school teacher inspired George?
7. Describe Sam as a child? What secret of his mother’s does he eventually discover?
8. Where does Sam’s family move to from South Carolina?
9. What does Sam’s father buy in 1968?
10. Where does Sam’s mother put his hair when she finally cuts it?
11. What happened with his parents when Sam was eleven years old?
12. How does Sam have to help his mother after his father leaves?
13. Why is Sam’s house always full of people?
14. Which sister was Sam closest to?
15. What type of scholarship does Sam’s friend Noody get and what happens?
16. What happened when Sam tried to steal an Icee?
17. Who is Reggie?
18. Who recommends that Sam apply to a magnet program at University High School? Why?
Ch. 3-4
19. Who is Ma? Describe her.
20. Describe Rameck’s parents.
21. Where did Rameck grow up?
22. Who encourages Rameck in school? What program was Rameck in?
23. Where was Rameck’s father?
24. What deal does Rameck try to strike with God?
25. What was Rameck’s first job?
26. Where did Ma work?
27. What happens with the money Ma gives Rameck for pictures for his portfolio?
28. How and when does Rameck meet George and Sam?
29. Why did Newark start a magnet program called “School Within a School”?
30. How did George stay out of trouble?
31. Describe Rameck in high school?
32. Describe Rameck’s prank with silly string.
33. Why do George, Sam, and Rameck become interested in Seton Hall? How is the Pact formed?
Ch. 5-9
34. Describe the incident with the crackhead.
35. How does Rameck get another